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killing Women in the Olden Time,

In the early days of England men were
too humane to execute women, but they
crowned them During the reign OF Henry
Ill. however, woman was hanged, but
as she did not die after being on the gibbet
Tor day, they cut her down and she was
granted pardon. Adulterous women and
sorceresses were drowned or smothered in
mud Stones were fastened to their necks
TO prevent their swimming, or they were
sewed up in sacks. Sometimes they were
drowned IN company with cat, dog and
snake The Anglo-Saxons drowned
women guilty of theft. The criminal was
thrown from the cliff or submerged In
the tenth century woman was drowned
at London bridge. Women were punished
by drowning in Scotland. In 1899 Grissell
Nation was condemned by the High
Court OF Edinburgh "to be taken to the
north lock and there drowned till she be
dead"
A memorable instance of drowning oc-
Cured at Bavaria October II, 1856.
Agnes Bernauran, wife of Duke Albert
the Pious, was dropped off the bridge of
the city of Strasburg into the Danube, by
order of her father. She appears not to
have been put into sack, and her limbs
| not to have been securely bound, for she
| rose to the surface of the water and swan
to the shore, crying help" help" but the
executioner put long pole into her hair
and kept her down.
According to the Danish laws women
were buried alive for theft, method of
punishment not unknown in France. In
1881 Marote Duplas was scourged and sub
jected to the cruel death at Abbevilie, AID
in 1850 woman named Perotte Mauger, a
notorious thief and receiver of stolen
goods was, by order of the Provost of Paris,
buried alive in front of the gibbet in that
city. In ancient German history we read
of female criminals being impaled in the
mud, and in comparatively recent years the
remains Of several bodies have been found
to prove the truth of this assertion. In
early England cook once poisoned four
teen persons. The authorities did not be-
lieve they had punishment sufficiently
severe for her case, SO a law was passed
making her crime punishable by being
boiled to tb.-The Earth.
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The Mchammedan's Hours of PRAYER.

The Koran has fixed the hours that must
be consecrated to prayers. These prayers,
Rdmdz, are five in number. The most SOL
emn is the morning prayer; it is the sa5ah
llamdzi; it is uttered after the dawn, Just
before the rising Of the sun. The second
is the midday prayer, Guile ndnla&i. The
third, .jkisdy nGmdzi, must be offered lust
before the setting of the sun. The evening
prayer, dGchdm n0mdzi, is uttered Just be-
fore the shadows conceal the horizon. FL
nally. the last and fifth prayer, yatcy ma
1aazi, is uttered in the interval after sun
down and just before dawn.
The hour of prayers is regularly pro-
claimed to the faithful by the imams called
,aue2zins, who walk around the balcony of
the minarets singing, in a melancholy
voice, this unvarying litany: God, the
most high l here proclaim that there is
no God but God. l proclaim that Moham-
med is the prophet of God. Come to the
temple of salvation. Great God God the
most high There is no God but God ~
Blind men are usually selected for muez-
zins, or at least iDldn,s that suffer from con-
| firmed myopia, so that they cannot throw
| inquisitive glances toward the women that
may be promenading on the terraces of the
| houses.
Christians surround their observance OF
prayer with a kind of mystery or of re-
serve that the Mussulmans know abso-
lutely nothing of. In whatever place de-
vout Osmanli may find himself, whether in
his house, in his shop, in the streets, in o
public square, doing business, or on a visit
as soon as the hour of the ndndz is an
nounced, he makes his religious prepare.
tions, places under his knees small rug
or in default of which a handkerchief
turns his face toward Mecca, places his
arms in the shape of a cross upon hi:
breast, or putting them to his forehead
prostrates himself, then rises-al thi.
slowly and with strict observance of rules
If he is in street he does not permit him
self to be distracted and disconnected BY
anything, not even by the indiscreet curl
osity of the European, who looks at hin
astonished by this novel sight, but wht
generally has no desire to ridicule it; TO
this worship under the open sky, disre
garding social conventionalities, indifferen
to whatever may be said, has something
grand and sacred about it that banishes al
raillery and inspires respect.-Apra Cosmo
politdn.
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OUR YOUNG FOLKS.


:" love you, mother" said little John;
Then forgetting his work, his cap went on,
And he was off to the garden swing,
And left her the water and the wood to bring.
! love you, mother" said rosy Nell
" love you better than tongue can tell"
Then she teased and pouted full half the dav.
TIL her mother rejoiced when she went to play
+" love you, mother" said little Fam
" To-day FL help you all can:
How glad am there's no school to-day -
So she rocked The babe till asleep it lay
Then, stepping softly, she fetched the broom.
And swept the floor and tidied the room
Busy and happy all day was she,
Helpful and happy as child could be.
:. love you, mother again they said,
Three little children going to bed.
How do you think that mother guessed
Which of them really loved her best?
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Payment to be made monthly in cash

Payment to be made monthly in cash.
Bids to be addressed to n. NJ. Orr, Secretary OF
the Board of Directors of the State Insane Asy-
lum Stockton. and Endorsed on the envelope
Proposals for Furnishing Supplies"
Samples of articles required may be seen at
the storeroom of the Asylum; excepting towels,
table linen. bedspreads, handkerchief, busklns,
carpet slippers and tobacco. samples OF which
must be furnished by the bidder.
In order to preserve uniformity aud facilitate
the award, it has been resolved to receive no
bids unless made upon blank forms furnished
by the Secretary.
By order of the Board of Directors of the Ii
sane Asylum of the Stat of California.
ap2-3wTuThS n. NJ. ORR, Secretary.
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The Old and the New,

The old-style pills. Who does not know
What agony they caused-what woe?
You walked the floor, you groaned, you
sighed,
And felt such awful pain inside,
And the next day you felt so weak
You didn't want to move or speak.
Now Pierce's Pellets are so mild
They are not dreaded by child.
They DO their work in painless way,
And leave no weakness for next day.
Thus proving what is oft contest
That gentle means are always best.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-16

CATARRH, when chronic, becomes very
offensive. 1t is impossible to be otherwise
healthy. and, at the same time, afflicted
with catarrb. This disagreeable disease, in
its most obstinate and dangerous forms.
can be cured BY the use of Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-16

AN EXCITING DINNER-TABLE INCIDENT
Among other anecdotes which have been
handed down at Washington was one of
an incident at the table of President John
Adams, when Gouverneur Morris, then a
Senator in Congress from the State of New
York, was one of the invited 1t was at
the time of the feud existing between the
President and General Hamilton, arising
from the animadversions of the latter upon
the sad compromise of our differences with
the French republic. Mr.. Morris was
called on by Mrs. Adams for toast.
Madam said he, Z" 1 will give the health
of my friend Hamilton" The lady indig-
nantly replied, Sir, that is toast never
drank at this table," Suppose, then,
Madam was the cool response, we
drink it now for the first time o. Mr..
Morris" exclaimed the excited hostess,
" if you persist | shall invite the ladies to
withdraw ~ Perhaps" retorted the inn
perturable Senator, ait is time for them
to retire." The signal was given, and as
the ladies rose in obedience to it the Sena-
tor sprang from his seat and stumped on
his wooden leg to the door, threw it wide
open, and, with his constitutional boldness,
fairly bowed Mrs. Adams and her lady
guests out of the room.-Ben. Periey Poore.
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NEARsIGHrEDNEss IN THE SCHooLs.-Dr.
Whittier of Brookline who has examined
the eyes of members of the upper classes in
the High School of that town, states that
over 80 per cent. of the pupils have some
affection of the eye; 81 per cent. of those
examined were troubled with myopy, -
per cent. with hyperopia, and per cent
with various other eye troubles. "Of
these, II per cent. were astiematic to some
extent" says the doctor. g" l propose to
examine the same pupils eyes one year
from now, to see what changes have taken
place. especially in the myopic eyes. So
far, l find that nearsightedness seems 20 in
crease in proportion as our school system
becomes more complex, and pupils are
Obliged to apply themselves more closely
to their work. A larger per cent. of myopic
eyes are found in city than in village or
country schools. "-Boston Herald, March
both.
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CoUGHs.-" Browns Bronchial Troches "
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If you have cold, cough, bronchitis or
any form of throat or lung disease, do not
neglect it. Ayers Cherry Pectoral if
promptly taken, will speedily relieve and
cure all ailments of this character.
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THE COPARTNERsHIp

HERETOFORE EXISTING BETWEEN THE
III undersigned under the firm name OF PAR
X Err & IRVINE, is this day dissolved by mu-
tual consent. Either party is authorized to pay
or collect bills against the late firm.
Sacramento, April l, 1887.
J. E. PARKER,
ap9-4tS GEO. ID. IRVINE.
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In Lapland, for one half the year the sun
does not rise; and all that time it is dark
and very cold, with deep snow and ice.
Then, when at last the sun does rise, it will
not set for the rest of the year, and all that
time it is day.
When the dark time of the year is come,
and there is no sun, if the moon is at its
full, it is very nice for the Lapp to ride over
the snow for the reindeer will draw him
so fast that no one can keep up with him,
and will run on at this rate for some time.
l cannot tell you all the uses the rein
deers are put to by the Lapp. They give
milk, and they are good to eat; and
they will draw a load long way, and very
fast. When the reindeer is dead, its skin
is worn by the Lapp and it is also made
into roof for the huts, or into tent for
him to live in. 1t is also cut into long thin
bits and made into a kind of rope The fat
is made into oil, to burn in lamp. or to eat,
or to fry fish in; and the hair is now and
then made into beds but the Lapp does not
like this kind of bed so well as one made
of the skin.
The Lapp is very fond of his reindeer,
and, if he is rich, has more than one herd
of them. He is sure to have four or five if
he is ever so poor.-A. L. Bond IN Our
Dumb AnimaLs
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THE ALLIGATOR.

The alligator feeds on fish and flesh of
every Sort and it is not on record that he
has any particular choice. When nothing
else comes handy he will swallow pine
knots and log chains to fill the aching void
in his stomach. He is sort of half and
half reptile, spending his time on either
land or water, according to the number of
darkies who have got day off to go fish
ing. There are said to be several cures for
the bite of an alliga' or, but no one has ever
had chance to try any of them. He is
supposed to live for fifty or sixty years, and
to grow meaner and uglier every year of his
life-DetrOi Free Press
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CHEESEMAN'S Specific Mixture.

With this remedy persons can cure themselves
without the least exposure. change of diet, or
change in application to business. The medi-
cine contains nothing that is Of the least injury
to the constitution. Ask your druggist for it.
Price. 81 bottle fe26-lyWS
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OF the captains VINO nau Deen my guests OF
the night before. They had felt some fear
for our safety when they learned that con-
flict had taken place between the guard in
the street we passed through and band of
Greek robbers. Two of the robbers had
been killed. These must have been our pur-
suers, who, after we had eluded them, had
returned and attacked the guard. They
were overpowered by company of soldiers
from the fort, who were making their
rounds to relieve the guard. OF course l
knew nothing of what had become of the
Swedish Captain. | assured them that he
| went safely on board and was to have
sailed at sunrise, and that, as the wind was
| fresh and fair, supposed he was off.
feigned an attack of rheumatism as an
excuse for not going ashore that day. The
| following day, our Consul, hearing l was
sick, came on board. From him learned
| that one of the wives of the Pacha of the
army had made her escape by the aid, it
was supposed, of the Greek robbers, some
| of whom had been captured and would be
executed unless they told where their CON-
panions and the captive were to be found
1t was supposed that she was held for q
ransom. A rigid search was made on
| board all the Greek vessels, OF which there
were many lying in the harbor, but Of
course the missing lady was not found.
| Our CONSUL tnlnk, mac us Suspicious
as to the manner of the lady's escape from
| the palace. He asked me to dine with him
saying that l, being person so well known
| in Pera, would be missed if / did not &C
ashore and show myself at my usual re
sorts. l took his advice and dined witt
him, remaining all night at the Consulate
| where he insisted upon my making my
home for the rest of my stay. He was too
much of gentleman to question me, what
ever he may have thought, and l deemed
it advisable, because of his official position
to keep him in ignorance of my part in tn,
affair.
Though not pertinent to this voyage,
will here give the sequel of this adventure
Nine years later, while in command of tn
clipper ship Dreadnought, arriving in New
York one day, made fast at my usua
berth at the foot of Rector street, whel
Captain Hope, Sandy Hook pilot, VIII
was Harbormaster at the time, boarded m
vessel and told me that Swedish brig wa
lying at Pier s, and that her Captain wa
!, very anxious to meet me before he sailed
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A Chinese farce.

macmillan
The hero, a sea captain, comes in
and seats himself at a table to write;
but he is heavy with sleep, his head
soon droops, and he falls into a
peaceful slumber. But scarcely has
his nap begun when he is disturbed by
the hasty entrance of a breathless fell
low who begins, with an air of great
consequence, to pant out q long tale
of not the slightest Importance. The
captain listens for a time with wide
open eyes, but he when finds that the
story has settled down into an unin-
terrupted sing-song which shows no
prospect of reaching an early cOnclu-
sion he tries to break The thread OF
the narrative. All in vain. for the to-
dinus fellow represses bis interrupt
tIons with d deprecatory wave OF the
hand, and goes on his m~onotonous
way with head thrown back and eyes
half closed ia an ecstasy OF
delight at having secuted a listener.
After q time the captain, submitting
to the inevitable, adopts the wisest
course in the circumstances, and dozes
off to sleep again. The bore is so sat
isfied with himself and so engrossed in
bis tale that be never notices this,
and still goes on, see-saw, sing-song,
with never a stop till the audience, or,
at least, n OF Them, grow as weary
as the CAPTAIN. But a mysterious
avenger is at hand. A limping gnost
of horrible appearance, who rennern-
bers his own sufferings On earth, hops
in unseen to befriend the captain. He
souats silently behind the chair of the
story teller, holding theclubhe carries
in readiness to strike. while that
worthy IS still quite u~nconsciously jab-
berluah bis interminable nonsense. Once
the club IS raised threateningly ove
him, ana twice, and yet hegoes on; then
a laundering stroke descends on his
shoulders, which stops his voice so
suddenly that it leaves him with open
mouth III the middle OF a word. In
com!eal terror he gazes about IN VAN
attempts to find out whence the blow
came, then, in a~rnazement, SEXES p
sleeper and rouses him to tell Of this
terrible 3 affair. But the Captain
listens with hay ~inattentions evt-
IDENTIFY thinking il some more Of the
same tale, and dozes of again Inn
mediately. The bore. abandoned
q To the tender mercies OF the spec
ter. runs hither and thither in horror
adopting first one plan and then an
other to discover or avoid his lnvisi-
bic assailant; but the ghost crawls
after him wherever he goes, now club
bing him. now clutching hlm. untnl az
last the poor wretch makes ms escape
half dead with fright, and the captain
ID left e sleep il peace, while theghost
curls up by his side like q faithful dog
whose labors are done.
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LowIy Tragedy.

Boston Courier.
The tragedies OF che poor are often
st madeu Of trifes which produce
40 impression in the telling; the slow
WEAKNESS of starvation, the humble
privations, the little things which
wear away tfo Stones.
An end came 80 one of those long,
sad histories not long since. An old
man and his wife whohadliyed togeth-
sr for nearly fifty years we're togeth-
or in their poor lodgings. They had
known better days, and even been
well-to-do in earlier life. Almost help
less with age and with the effects of
privation and sorrow, the old man
had fought with ell his might, and
still it was but a bare subsistence
that be had been able to win. To-
night he was In one of those moods OF
detection which come with want and
sorrow.
what would become Of YOU" he
said to his wife. "it anything should
happen to me?"
"0h, nothing will happen to you,"
she said reassuringly. Don't get to
wor- wing"
"But I feel SO feeble lately, that I
can't help thinking what you would
do without me-"
"0h, ] should be taken care OF in
some way" she said. ''There is al
ways a way out, OF things. We've
been together so long and lived
through so many things that we ought
to have confidence that things will
turn out all right somehow"
The next morning she woke and
spoke to her husband. He did not
answer. She put out her hand and
her fingers touched the cold cheek Of
the dead.
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The Elephant in history

Cincinnati Enquirer.
The ancIents were well acquainted
with the elephant, which formed Il
part Of the fighting material Of every
great conqueror's army and shared in
all trlumphal PROFESSIONS, but when
Rome no longer sent out her armies
to foragethe world for wonders as we'll
as for plumber, the elephant became to
Southern Europe a mythical marvel
only.
After the time Of the early Byzan-
tine monarchs there is no mention of
the "huge earth-shaking BEAST" as
Pliny called it, in European history,
until the year 500, when 'tthe good
Haroun AL Raschid," Caliph OF the
saracens, sent an elephant to Charlie
mAgne.
1855 Leesis TX g France brought
from Egypt an African elephant which
he sent to Henry III. Of England.
This elephant was kept in the Tower
OF London, where, we judge, he had
quite comfortable quarters, if the or
der given by the king to the Sheriff
was obeyed, to wit: 1--WE command
you that OF the form of our city We
cause, without delay, to be built at
our Tower of London one house Of
forty feet long and twenty feet deep
Tor our elephant" What became of
this well-provided beast and how
long he lived the historian does not
tell us.
Early in the sixteenth century King
Emanuel of Portugal sent an elephant
to Pope Leo X. This animal, having
no doubt, been weiEtutored before,
hand, Immediately on appearing in
the presence OF his holiness, sank up.
on his knees, which greatly impressed
the pope and his retainefs.
In 1929 the king OF Spain sent an
elephant and five camels to King
James /. of England. This latter mon
arch vas extravagantly fond Of pet
animals, and had quite a menageriea at
his palace, SO that it may be imagined
that he was particularly well pleased
with this gift. Much better pleased, in
deed, than the chancellor of the ex-
chequer was, for the English treasury
was at that time sadly depleted. To
pay the 9l00 which the king ordered
given to the man who had brought
the elephant, took away every penny
IN the treasury, and made it necessa airy
to refuse to allow the queen money
Tor a journey which she wished to
make to Scotland that year. And
when an estimate was made OF the
cost of keeping the animal it was
found to be 1918 a year, and it was
no wonder that Mr.. Chancellor's
groans were both loud and deep, aud
to make matters worse, an additional
charge was made FOR Liquors for the
olifawnte." His keepers affirm that
from the month Of September until
April he must drink not water, but
"Rgne.D and from April until Septem-
Der he must have a gallon Of wyne a
daye."
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the harbor OF New York, is one Of the most
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